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al-Nabi Rubin
District of al-Ramla
النبي روبين - א-נבי רובין
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date June 1, 1948

Distance from district center 14.5 (km) West of al-Ramla

Elevation from the sea less than 25 (meters)

Map location See location number #13 on the map

Israeli military operation Second stage of Operation Barak

Israeli attacking brigade Giv'ati Brigade

Exodus Cause Expulsion by Jewish troops

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of the village shrine and its mosque.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis Some villagers managed to stay behind until the end of the harvest time, then they were kicked out.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 30,994

Jewish 0

Public 8

Total 31,002

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)

Area planted w/ citrus 683

Irrigated & Plantation 184

Planted W/ Cereal 4,357

Cultivable 5,224

Non-Cultivable 25,778

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1945 1,420

1948 1,647

Est. Refugees 1998 10,116

Schools An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1946, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 55 students.

Inhabitants place of origin The village itself was inhabited by members of the Abu Sawayrih tribe, descendants of the al-Maliha Bedouin tribe who had lived in the Sinai desert.

Religious institutions One large mosque which remains standing to this date.

Shrines/maqams A shrine for al-Nabi Rubin who was honored with an annual mawsim.

Nearby wadies & rivers The village is located on the southern banks of the Rubin River (Wadi al-Sarar).

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands Kibbutz Palmachim, Gan Soreq, & Hatsofim Dalet.

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
"The shrine of al-Nabi Rubin stands amid shrubs and other wild vegetation. A minaret that has three lancet-arched entrances stands at one end of it. A number of minor shrines built of large stones also remain. Near the shrine is a deserted, free-standing cement structure that consists of a single, box-shaped room."

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Pictures

al-Nabi Rubin Yearly Muwsem Pre 1935

Banners Of al-Sufi Order During The al-Muwsem Pre 1935

Village House Rubble In 1987

Village Mosque before its minaret collapsed in 1991 (picture taken 1987)

Village Store During The al-Muwsem Pre 1935

Nabi Rubin Mosque's Mihrab before renovation, 2005

Nabi Rubin Mosque's Mihreb after renovating, 2005

Entrance to Mosque of Nabi Rubin, 2005

The shrine swamped with sand dunes, 2005

The trees around the shirne and the mosque #2, 2005

One of the Mosque's remaining walls, 2005

One of the Mosque's remaining walls #2, 2005

A side picture of the mosque, 2005

Some remaining structures nearby the mosque, 2005

General view of the moaque's square, 2005

General view of the area around the mosque, picture take from the mosque's roof, 2005

The sand Dunes around the Mosque, 2005

General View of the Mosque and the shrine of Nabi Robin, 2005

During the famous yearly festival/mawsim, Matson collection. (Before 1933)

During the famous yearly festival/mawsim, Matson collection. (Before 1933)

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محمد الزغيبي	الرميلات	-
ابن روبين	السواركه	-
الكرداسي	الكرداسي	عأاؤ-اءاردؤ, اءاردؤ
Ran Riegler	-	REHOVOT, ISRAEL

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